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- the present invention concerns novel telemetry system for communicating with a pacer that is implanted within a patent.
- a second field is reradiated or reflected at the carrier frequency by the resonant transponder.
- the transponder's impedance is varied in accordance with a modulation input signal, causing a shift in the phase angle and amplitude of the transponder's contribution to the composite reflected signal, thereby resulting in a proportional phase and amplitude shift in the composite reflected signal.
- the composite reflected signal is picked up and demodulated by a phase shift detector in the external telemetry unit.
- a telemetry system in which an externally located oscillator is controlled by impedance changes in an impedance reflecting circuit located in an implanted pacer.
- the oscillator-controlled type of telemetry system can be improved upon significantly.
- the oscillator output can be arranged to provide detection of the proximity of the patient's coil in our system using an analog varying signal having a parameter which varies in inverse proportion to the proximity of the patient's coil to the pacer. This enables the operator to determine when the patient's coil is in the proper position overlying the implanted pacer.
- an automatic gain control circuit for correcting the gain from the oscillator output notwithstanding varying locations of the patient's coil with respect to the pacer. This enables the chart recording of the telemetered signal to be accurate and consistent.
- a telemetry system for communicating with a tank circuit contained in an enclosure implanted in a patient.
- the system comprises a patient's coil for positioning externally on the patient, substantially overlying the implanted enclosure.
- An oscillator is connected to the patient's coil and capacitive means are connected to the patient's coil and the oscillator.
- the capacitive means and the patient's coil form a resonant tank which sets the frequency of the oscillator.
- the oscillator with the resonant tank are operative for generating a waveform that varies in both frequency and amplitude in response to the telemetry signals from the implanted tank circuit.
- the waveform generated by the oscillator is detected in order to detect the telemetry signals.
- the oscillator and the detecting means are enclosed within a housing and the patient's coil is separated from the housing by a flexible lead.
- the oscillator is an FM oscillator and the detector means comprises an AM detector coupled to the output of the FM oscillator.
- An offsetting gain circuit is coupled to the output of the AM detector and a low pass filter is coupled to the output of the offsetting gain circuit.
- An automatic gain control circuit is coupled to the output of the low pass filter.
- An automatic gain control voltage correction filter for receiving the DC representation of the distance of the patient coil relative to the implant is provided. The automatic gain control circuit also is coupled to the output of the voltage correction filter.
- a process for communicating with an implanted pacer, which comprises the steps of positioning a patient's coil on the patient substantially overlying the implanted pacer, generating a waveform which varies in frequency and amplitude in response to telemetry signals from the implanted pacer, and detecting the waveform generated, whereby the telemetry signals are detected.
- a system for detecting the proximity of an external telemetry and/or programming unit with respect to an implanted pacer.
- the oscillator described above is operative to generate a waveform that varies in frequency in response to the proximity of the external telemetry and/or programming unit with respect to the implanted pacer.
- the output of the oscillator is coupled to means for providing an analog varying signal indicating the proximity of the unit, such as audio means which vary in pitch in response to proximity.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telemetry system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a waveform present on one of the lines of the FIG. 1 system
- FIG. 3 illustrates a waveform present on another line of the system of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 4 illustrates a waveform present on another line of the FIG. 1 system
- FIG. 5 illustrates a waveform present on another line of the FIG. 1 system
- FIG. 6 illustrates a waveform present on another line of the FIG. 1 system
- FIG. 7 illustrates a waveform present on another line of the FIG. 1 system.
- FIGS. 8a, 8b and 8c when connected together, form a schematic circuit diagram of the telemetry system of FIG. 1.
- an implant 10 including a tank circuit 12 comprising a tuned coil 14, a capacitor 16, and a shunt circuit 18 for varying the impedance of tank circuit 12 in accordance with an input data signal on line 20.
- Line 20 is connected to the common gates of a pair of FETs 22, 23, the sources of which are connected to the ground of implant 10 and the drains of which are connected, respectively, to resistors 24 and 25.
- An external programming and telemetry unit includes, among other things, an FM oscillator 30.
- the FM oscillator has a patient's coil 32, comprising a primary 34 and a secondary 36.
- the patient's coil 32 is wire coupled via flexible leads 4a, 4b, 4c to the oscillator 30 and the rest of the external unit.
- the patient's coil can be small and lightweight, and can be separated from the rest of the external unit by means of the wire, thereby allowing the patient's coil to be placed in a desired location overlying the implanted enclosure 10, with the remainder of the external unit separated therefrom.
- Oscillator 30 is coupled via line 40 to audio acquisition circuit 42, which is connected to a speaker 44.
- Audio acquisition circuit 42 is coupled via line 46 to a low battery detector 48.
- oscillator 30 will provide a varying frequency in response to the positioning of coil 32 relative to coil 14 of implant 10.
- the waveform from oscillator 30 is shown therein with the first portion 50 of the waveform having a particular frequency corresponding to the frequency generated by oscillator 30 when the patient's coil 32 is not in proximity to coil 14 of the implant 10.
- the frequency will increase and portion 52 of the waveform of FIG. 2 illustrates the increased frequency waveform that is generated as a result of patient's coil 32 overlying the implant 10 and being in proximity with coil 14.
- Audio acquisition circuit 42 which receives this waveform, will indicate proximity of coil 32 with respect to coil 14 by issuing a sound from speaker 44 that is higher in pitch as proximity is increased.
- Other analog varying proximity indicia such as the increased illumination of an LED or a light bulb, sound amplitude, or rate of clicks, may alternatively be utilized.
- the indicia is provided in inverse proportion to the proximity. The proportion is non-linear, and the sound or light amplitude increases as there is closer proximity, the pitch increases as there is closer proximity, the rate of the clicks increases as there is closer proximity, etc.
- Low battery detector 48 which is coupled to audio acquisition circuit 42, enables the operator or patient to determine if the battery in the external programming unit is too low for proper operation.
- FIG. 2 waveform generated by FM oscillator 30 is fed via line 54 to an AM detector 56 which cuts the carrier wave in half to effectively save the top half of the carrier wave.
- the output of AM detector 56 is illustrated in FIG. 3.
- This output is fed via line 58 to an offsetting gain circuit 60 which strips off the DC that is inherently developed by the AM detector.
- the output of offsetting gain circuit 60 is illustrated in FIG. 4.
- This output is fed via line 62 to a gain and low pass filter circuit 64 which is tuned to a cut off frequency of, for example, 250 hertz.
- the output of low pass filter 64 is illustrated in FIG. 5. This enables the message to be recovered from the waveform, and this message is fed via line 66 to automatic gain control circuit 68.
- automatic gain control circuit 68 The purpose of using automatic gain control circuit 68 is so that a strip chart recorder 74, which is coupled via line 76 to the output of the gain control circuit 68, will have a corrected gain notwithstanding the particular position of the patient coil 32 with respect to implant 10. Otherwise, if patient coil 32 was at different distances, strip chart recorder 74 would receive different amplitude signals and operate erratically.
- the output of automatic gain control circuit 68, which is on line 76, is illustrated in FIG. 7, and it is this output which drives strip chart recorder 74 to provide a graphical recordation of the data signals.
- Strip chart recorder 74 may have an output jack for connecting the strip chart recorder to a telephone line for transmitting the message via telephone to a physician.
- oscillator 30 would transmit carrier pulses instead of a continuous carrier signal.
- the carrier pulses would be outputted in response to programmed control by a microprocessor and the implant 10 would carry means for receiving and storing the program that is transmitted by the oscillator under the control of the microprocessor.
- FIG. 8a While a block diagram of the various circuits is illustrated in FIG. 1, in FIGS. 8a to 8c an example of circuits which may be used is illustrated in schematic form.
- FM oscillator 30, coupled to audio acquisition circuit 42 via line 40 is shown therein.
- the reference numerals for the circuit items illustrated in FIG. 1 are used in FIGS. 8a to 8c.
- patient coil 32 comprises primary 34 and secondary 36, with the secondary 36 being fed back to the non-inverting terminal 80 of operational amplifier 82 and with the primary 34 acting as a transmission coil with respect to implanted pacer 10.
- low battery detector circuit 48 is illustrated as being coupled to audio acquisition circuit 42 via line 46.
- AM detector circuit 56 is illustrated as being coupled to offset circuit 60 which is coupled to gain and low pass filter 64.
- Output line 66 illustrated in FIG. 8b is coupled to input C of automatic gain control circuit 68 (FIG. 8c).
- output lines 72 and 72' of automatic gain control voltage correction filter 70 are connected to inputs of automatic gain control circuit 68, the output of automatic gain control circuit 68 being represented by a reference numeral 76.
- output 76 may be coupled to a conventional strip chart recorder, which is not part of the external programming and telemetry unit but is typically a separate connected unit.
- FIGS. 8a-8c may be utilized with a 16 kilohertz normal carrier frequency generated by oscillator 30.
- the circuitry illustrated in FIGS. 8a and 8b is an example, and other equivalent circuits may be utilized.
- the frequency and the amplitude of the carrier on line 40 and line 54 will be responsive to the telemetry signals generated by the implanted tank circuit 12.
- the carrier frequency generated by oscillator 30 will also be responsive to the proximity of coil 34 to coil 14.
- this varying impedance will cause a variation in the frequency and the amplitude of the generated carrier signal from oscillator 30, which is detected and recorded.
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